Come watch five teams of student entrepreneurs pitch business plans based on brilliant innovations to a panel of expert judges. Over $50,000 in funding, supplied by sponsors, will be awarded to competing teams.

The Innovation Challenge is a business plan competition that emphasizes innovation and encourages individuals from every discipline and department on campus to work together to use technology to solve society's overarching problems in new ways. Its campus partners are the College of Engineering, the College of Natural Sciences, The Isenberg School of Management and the UMass Innovation Institute.

The night is planned as follows:

5:00-6:00 PM- Networking and Dinner

6:00-7:15 PM- Finalist Presentations and Dessert

7:15 PM- Announcement of Awards

The teams compete Monday, April 7, 2014 at 5pm in Events Hall of the Commonwealth Honors College Building.